Early in 2017, Deborah was asked to provide advice to the Tibet Museum in Dharamsala India on behalf of the Tibetan Government in Exile. In January, Deborah traveled to Dharamsala and McLeod Ganj to collaborate with the team there and with colleagues from the University of Wyoming Museum. The planning involves expanding the museum into a new building being built adjacent to the Library and Archives and to the Parliament Building. The project entails expanding permanent and temporary exhibitions to add cultural preservation to the political story of the invasion and resulting exile to India and beyond.
Bayview Opera House Opens to the Community
October 1, 2016 By
The Bayview Opera House opened after 14 years of planning, fundraising and construction. Congratulations to Tom De Caigny and Judy Nemzoff of the Art Commission. Special thanks to TEF Architects, particularly Paul Cooper, and Ruchira Nagiswan from Knapp Architects for their incredible support. Walter Hood’s landscape has helped transform the experience of the building and the programs at the Opera House. And finally, thanks to John King for his insightful article.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/place/article/Renovated-Opera-House-a-boon-for-the-Bayview-but-9220929.php
Global Network Forum Miami Nov. 17-19, 2015
November 11, 2015 By
Deborah has been selected to represent the Loeb Fellows along with Sally Young and Cathy Crenshaw at the international conference on leadership: The Global Networks Forum. The forum is “A path-breaking opportunity to share leadership strategies and innovations across premier international fellowship networks, sectors and borders hosted by Eisenhower Fellowships in collaboration with four leadership networks.” The leadership networks include the Ashoka, Eisenhower Fellowships, German Marshall Fund, Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance, and Harvard Loeb Fellowship. Collectively, these organizations decided they could make a significant contribution to women’s leadership and began to discuss ways to leverage their networks for this purpose. The fellowship programs are part of a wider Global Leadership Consortium launched in 2012. GLC member organizations convene to discuss common issues among the leadership networks, including best practices for engagement and communication among fellows. The GLC member organizations also confer on ways to spur discussion and collaboration among fellows to promote lifelong learning. Topics include:
Cultural Perceptions: New Images, New Dialogues
Leadership Strategies for Equity and Inclusion: Transatlantic Perspectives
Building and Sustaining Healthy Societies
EPA Youth Arts & Music Center Kicks Off Architect Selection
September 17, 2015 By
Deborah Frieden, acting on behalf of the EPA Youth Arts & Music Center LLC., kicked off an an architect selection process in August 2015 following the acquisition of a large site at the corner of Bay and Pulgas Streets. The process is an invitational RFQ with 22 firms invited to participate. The goal of the process is to select a firm that can lead an extensive community design process involving community stakeholders as well as local youth from the Youth Action Team that will result in a creative, youth-centric facility that is appropriate in its context and unique to EPA. Here’s a link to the YAT’s facebook page:
Watts Innovation Zone Planning Charette
December 17, 2013 By
Deborah participated in the Watts Innovation Zone Planning Charette in October with colleagues from around the country: India Lee from the Cleveland Foundation, Damon Rich, Urban Designer for the City of Newark, Maurice Cox, Director of the Tulane City Center, Cathy S.C. Jones, real estate developer from Birmingham, and Renee Kemp-Rotan, Director of Cultural Capital Projects for the City of Birmingham. The charette was organized and facilitated by Steve Lewis from Los Angeles in consultation with and on behalf of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee.
Arkansas Art Center
December 17, 2013 By
Deborah Frieden & Associates has been engaged by the Arkansas Art Center to help facilitate a strategic planning process addressing its long-term facilities needs among other issues. The Arkansas Art Center is one of the 2 top art museums in Arkansas and the only major museum in Little Rock. Associating with Deborah is Marjorie Schwarzer, professor of museum studies at University of San Francisco, frequent lecturer and the author of the definitive book on the history of museums in America.